MA would like to thank him for his efforts and wish him all the best for his future endeavours - the position will be advertised in the coming days.

For more information about the Riders’ Division visit the MA website at: www.ma.org.au/riders. 

"Jacob has presented us with a new range of challenges that keep us on our toes, not to mention having to learn a completely new range of sign language to be able to communicate with him," Quad Dreamers' Peter Atkinson said.

"With all of this stacked against him, we as a club were amazed at how well he has taken to the bike and he has already started to take over some of the bikes controls on his own."

Located in Perth, Western Australia, Quad Dreamers is the first Club in Australia offering Quad Bike Riding for children aged between 5 and 16 years with intellectual and physical disabilities.

If you have a child that is:

• Aged between the years of 5 and 15
• Has an Intellectual and / or Physical Disability
• Who wants to learn to ride quad motor bikes
• Generally wants the opportunity to be like all the other kids they see

then Quad Dreamers could be the club for you.

Quad Dreamers' aim:

In addition to a friendly Social and Sporting club for children and their families, we are able to support them in the sport of quad riding by supplying all the equipment for the children.

We Supply their:

• Bikes
• Helmets     
• Gloves     
• Goggles     
• Body Armour     
• Jerseys

All the children have to bring along are Long Pants, fully enclosed shoes that cover the ankles and an adult to be their Safety Observer.

If you are interested in joining Quad Dreamers for the 2010 riding season you can send an email toqrcd@y7mail.com for more information.

For more information about Quad Dreamers, visit www.quaddreamers.com.au.

Maddison’s most recent achievement came just last weekend when he held off some of the worlds best riders to claim victory at the Red Bull X-Fighters event in Madrid.

‘Maddo’ attributes his success to a mind on overdrive, constantly devising new and creative ways to lead the progression of the wildly popular freestyle motocross movement.

His last ride as a member of the Crusty Demons was in front of 30,000 people at the Night of World Records event in 2008 at Calder Park, where he set his long-distance World Record.

Maddison is thrilled at the prospect of joining the family once more as it seeks to take the fusion of action sport and entertainment to even greater heights.

“I’m stoked to be joining the Crusty family as the years to come look set to be bigger and better than ever before,” said Maddison.

“I’ll be working with the team to come up with an exciting show and plan to uncover a few new moves I’ve been working on exclusively for fans at the shows.

“The progression of FMX is only limited by the imagination and I’ll be putting my head together with my fellow Crusty riders to set the bar higher than it’s ever been.”

Fans at the upcoming Crusty Demon’s Thirst 4 Destruction shows in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney will get the first look at Maddison’s Volt body varial trick which handed him victory in Madrid and a silver medal at last weekends X-Games 16 in California.

‘Maddo’ joins a world-class lineup of riders as the Crusty phenomenon moves into a new era with a completely transformed show.

Jackson Strong, Kain Saul, Seth Enslow, Taka Higashino, Mike Mason, Nate Adams are just some of the names that will fill the bill for the October and November events, on sale now.


Crusty Demons 'Thirst 4 Destruction' Australian Captital City Tour Dates

:

• 16 October – Perth Burswood Dome

• 23 October – Adelaide Entertainment Centre

• 30 October – Melbourne Rod Laver Arena

• 13 November – Brisbane Entertainment Centre

• 27 November – Sydney Acer Arena

Visit crusty.com for more information on the Crusty Demon’s Thirst 4 Destruction tour and ticketing details.

It was mentioned that there were mixed results to the original study - rider travel times, traffic management concerns and greenhouse emissions showed a marked favorable result for the motorcycling community, however  it also showed a dramatic increase in both rider speeding offences and motorcycle accidents occurred.

The extension to the trial was modified to take into consideration these factors, and only once the accident numbers can be reduced will they consider making permanent the usage of Bus Lanes for Motorcyclists.

More details are available from www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/finesandregulations/10151.aspx

Handley’s Empire Star model was the basis for the new ‘Goldie’, which was first seen at the Earls Court Show in 1937 and went into volume production the following year.

The very first Gold Star in Australia won first time out in the hands of the legendary Harry Hinton, at the NSW South Coast Grand Prix in Wollongong.

Since then, Gold Stars provided sporting motorcyclists with a true dual purpose machine – one that could be used as a spirited road motorcycle, or tuned to compete in all sections of the sport – from trials to scrambles (moto cross) and road racing.

Post war, the Gold Star was progressively developed to its ultimate specification – the luscious DB and DBD models, with their big square-finned alloy engines and distinctive chrome and silver petrol tanks. Towards the end of the model’s life in 1963, a twin cylinder version – the Rocket Gold Star - was added.

Today, the Gold Star is among the most prized and collectable motorcycles anywhere, and at Broadford next Easter, organisers are expecting up to 50 of them to be displayed and to take part in track demonstrations.

It is anticipated that the entire spectrum of the range will be represented, from the pre-war rigid frame, girder fork models to the final specification DBD, plus everything in between in road-going and racing form.

Gold Star owners wishing to take part are encouraged to contact the event organiser for further information. All enquiries should be directed to Peter Drakeford at Motorcycling Australia on 03 9684 0500 or by email at pd@ma.org.au.